American culture

American culture

Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.

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urban renewal

Culture; American culture

Refers, on one level, to a specific series of federal acts and programs enabling radical replanning of the physical fabric of American cities. In a broader cultural sense, urban renewal stands for a ...

education: values and beliefs

Culture; American culture

Reflective of the diversity of values and beliefs about education, the wide range of formal and informal educational opportunities in the United States includes: mainstream educational models, such ...

Unitarian Universalist Association

Culture; American culture

Religious community formed by the 1961 merger of the Universalists (founded 1793) and Unitarians (founded 1825). Eschewing creeds and keeping a remarkably open mind on any religious questions ...

Latinos, as represented in media

Culture; American culture

Representations of Latinos in media vary significantly depending on whether they are self-generated or created by non-Latinos. Latinos began representing themselves positively and complexly in ...

death

Culture; American culture

Repulsed and fascinated by death, Americans struggle to grasp its physical, psychological and social impact through both a medical understanding of bodily degenerative processes and philosophical and ...

Daley family

Culture; American culture

Richard Joseph Daley (1902–76) served as mayor of Chicago, IL from 1955 until his death. He was one of a generation of Democratic mayors of large cities known as “machine” politicians because of the ...

action movies

Culture; American culture

Rock ’em, sock’ em, he-man, brawling, sprawling, blood and guts masculine cinematic confections that have been a mainstay of Hollywood production and appeal to audiences for decades. Using scenarios ...